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- UK industry, AI for defence
Researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind supply-chain vulnerability in OpenAI’s official skills repository. OpenAI maintains an official GitHub repository of skills that teach AI agents how to work with various platforms and services. As an official skill, these components are often given an implicit level of trust because they are contributed or vetted by verified vendors. Snags arose because one OpenAI skill — designed to teach agents the best way to deploy applications on Render — instructed production apps to send…
Using AI safely
- Know which AI tools your organisation uses, and what data goes into them.
- Treat AI agents like any other identity: least privilege, logging and a named owner.
- Test AI features for prompt injection and data leakage before customers reach them.
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Defender’s notebook
The attacker technique behind this story, in MITRE’s terms – and what to check in your own estate.
Supply Chain Compromise
Initial AccessWhat a defender checks
- Find where the affected package, update or vendor is used in your estate.
- Pin and verify dependencies, and keep a software bill of materials.
- Review what access the vendor's software has.
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